Climate
Jos logs 294 sunny days a year to Lagos's 222 — Jos wins by 72. Jos also leads on hot days by 51.
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Air Quality
Jos averages 64.6 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Lagos's 32.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Lagos breathes ~49% cleaner air (31.8 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Jos (966K) and Lagos (12.8M) are 13x in population — Lagos is the larger metro, Jos the smaller; on land area Lagos spans roughly 5.9x more ground.
Lagos is roughly 8.9x the scale of Jos
Combined population & area comparison
LagosJosCity Scale Rankings
Lagos12.8M13xJos966K1xLagos1,199 km²5.9xJos202 km²1xJos
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Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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